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Death of General Pichegru
The death of General Jean-Charles Pichegru who allegedly committed suicide in his prison cell after being arrested for plotting against Napoleon in 1804. Image by Georges Moreau de Tours, printed in the Le Petit journal, 4 April 1891. National...
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Thoth Statue [Illustration]
Thoth. Louvre.
Enamelled clay.
From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. I by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).
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Sekhet
Sekhet. Louvre. (Granite. Height 0·50 metres.)
From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. I by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).
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Osiris Figurine illustration
Osiris, from a bronze in the Louvre.
From A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).
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Chephren
Statue of Chephren. Height five feet seven inches. Boulak. Drawn by G. Bénédite.
From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).
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Battle of Günzburg
Death of a French colonel during the Battle of Günzburg (9 October 1805), part of Napoleon's Ulm Campaign (25 September to 20 October 1805), by Georges Moreau de Tours, 1901.
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Carmen: Entr'acte
Provided to YouTube by RCA Classics Carmen: Entr'acte · Herbert von Karajan · Georges Bizet Bizet: Carmen ℗ Originally Recorded 1963. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music Released on: 1997-01-21 Producer: John Culshaw Associated...
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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles, signed in June 1919, was an agreement between the victors of the First World War (1914-18) which redivided parts of Europe and imposed reparations, armament limitations, and total blame for the war on Germany, one...
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Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794) was a French lawyer who became one of the primary leaders of the French Revolution (1789-1799). From his initial rise to stardom in the Jacobin Club, Robespierre went on to dominate...
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French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) were a series of conflicts that arose from the tensions surrounding the French Revolution (1789-1799). The wars were fought between Revolutionary France and several European powers, most notably Austria...